Concerts Quotes · Page 11

There's fatigue but also a deliberate desire to want to reach absolute perfection at every concert.

— Lisa Gerrard

When I do concerts and recitals, the two most common requests are spirituals and opera.

— Kathleen Battle

In fact, when Jaan wanted to be a part of some of my live concerts, I let him join me for a…

— Kumar Sanu

We take for granted electricity, water, even concerts. Count your blessings.

— Damian Marley

In solitude we have our dreams to ourselves, and in company we agree to dream in concert.

— Samuel Johnson

Congratulations to each and every one of you for the concert last night in New York and vice versa.

— Eugene Ormandy

I feel nervous before performing in live concerts, but it does not last more than five minutes.

— Farhan Akhtar

At my concerts most of the chicks are looking for liberation, they think I'm gonna show 'em how to do it.

— Janis Joplin

I'd rather have people who are enthusiastic about what I'm doing than like, "Well, I thought we were going to a Miley…

— Miley Cyrus

I have been working for Africans since I was 18, when I got involved with the Nelson Mandela concerts. I got involved…

— Bono

Oh yeah - for sure - hardly a week doesn't go by when I don't hear something wonderful that someone has made…

— David Knopfler

Parents and children seldom act in concert: each child endeavors to appropriate the esteem or fondness of the parents, and the parents,…

— Samuel Johnson

When I do my concerts, you have got to think about everything else; so you have got to think about your gown,…

— Jodi Benson

The politeness was painful. I wanted to push through it, to return to the glow of the night of the concert, but…

— Gayle Forman

If it's one thing we learned from the first book, it's that you don't have to be a prizefighter, or a world-renowned…

— Marlo Thomas

I don't see why people want new plays all the time. What would happen to concerts if people wanted new music all…

— Clive Barnes

Some artists just go and play, and I have no objections to that - but I don't like to do that. People…

— Hiromi

I literally wouldn't have dreamed of it in a million years that I'm going to be standing there with George (Strait) and…

— Miranda Lambert

Men think God is destroying them because he is tuning them. The violinist screws up the key till the tense cord sounds…

— Henry Ward Beecher

Who is giving the orders to ants? No one. They are self-organizing. Each of our immune systems get smarter over the years…

— Steven Johnson

I play these [folk acoustic] concerts and I ask myself, 'Would you come see me tonight?' - and I'd have to answer…

— Bob Dylan

Earning money is not the sole objective of life or education. A community of any quality should have a whole range of…

— Goh Chok Tong

Science is unflinchingly deterministic, and it has begun to force its determinism into morals. On some shining tomorrow a psychoanalyst may be…

— H. L. Mencken

The smaller the society, the fewer probably will be the distinct parties and interests composing it; the fewer the distinct parties and…

— James Madison

My first concert makes me sound like a real old man. My very first concert was Jackie Wilson.

— Eddie Murphy

I get nervous before I conduct a concert, but then you just go out there and do it.

— George Benjamin

Of course we're still having the concert. Don't let a little rain ruin your night.

— Jo Dee Messina

Almost every one of my various zero numbered birthdays has had a big concert in London and often in Paris.

— Elliott Carter

I've been to too many Dead concerts. There've been smokin' holes where my memory used to be.

— Ken Kesey

I never went to concerts when I was a kid, so I never knew if what I was doing onstage was right.

— Fiona Apple

I damaged my legs and ankles many years ago when doing concerts and falling off stage.

— Leo Sayer

I go to metal concerts as well as classical concerts, and I love both of them.

— Tarja Turunen

“The bravest thing David Bowie ever did was to go on stage after Queen at Live Aid.”

— Stewart Stafford

There's no shame in owning a New Kids on the Block t-shirt. They were my first concert when I was eight.

— Zoe Lister-Jones

You might be a redneck if you're still scalping tickets after the concert is over.

— Jeff Foxworthy

You are at home when you're at a Black Veil Brides concert.

— Andy Biersack

The solutions to Africa's problems lie in Africa, not in Live Aid concerts.

— George Ayittey

I was not influenced by concerts as a child, but I was very strongly influenced by the ballets I saw.

— Bebe Neuwirth

We're feminists. We're doing something that only guys are expected to do and doin' it right! At our concerts we'll do one…

— Cheryl James

The biggest thing for me, I hate going to concerts where no-one's moving. Everyone should be dancing and having a good time.

— Finn Wolfhard